Kanye

August 12, 2014  In light of all the Kim/Kanye and Beyoncé/Jay Z fireworks over the past month, we've assembled a roundtable of experts to discuss and dissect the two most powerful couples in music. Has Beyoncé really been calling out Jay Z during their On the Run tour dates? Do we actually believe in Kim and Kanye's love story? …Read on

August 29, 2013  SNL impression master Jay Pharaoh has created a canine-centric spoof of Kanye West's "I Am a God" called — what else — "I Am a Dog." Doing a dead-on impression of the Yeezus mastermind, with the stark visuals inspired by the "Black Skinhead" video, the comedian raps such priceless lines as "Hurry up let me out the garage / Hurry up give my balls a massage / Fore I start barking like Nicki Minaj."We won't spoil all the jokes but let …Read on

July 18, 2013  Before Kanye West released the longer-than-the-Bible liner notes to Yeezus, many speculated that the beat for "Black Skinhead" was a sample of Marilyn Manson's "The Beautiful People." They were wrong.Perhaps Girl Talk felt the need to imagine an alternate universe where that was actually true, or perhaps he just gets inspiration by reading music blogs. …Read on

September 27, 2010  Watch the Throne, the mini-album collaboration between Kanye West and Jay-Z, is adding guest stars at a rapid pace, with West announcing that Tribe Called Quest's Q-Tip, beatsmith Pete Rock, and producer Madlib will contribute to the project.
"We got new Pete Rock joints on the Watch the Thrown [sic] album, Q-Tip joints," West tweeted. …Read on

August 5, 2009  SPIN.com is in Chicago this weekend as Depeche Mode, Tool, Jane's Addiction, the Killers, Kings of Leon, Yeah Yeah Yeahs, and more than 100 other bands take to the stages in Grant Park for the 2009 edition of Lollapalooza.
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September 15, 2008  Get ready for round two: Just one year after hip-hop titans Kanye West's and 50 Cent's records -- Graduation and Curtis, respectively -- battled head-to-head in an album sales war (Fifty lost in a landslide) the G-Unit rapper has called for a rematch.
According to an MTV.com report, 50 Cent, a.k.a. …Read on